In January 2021, a significant data breach affecting millions of Adecco customers in South America came to light. The breach, which was later made publicly available after being sold on a popular hacking forum, exposed the personal information of over 4 million individuals. This sensitive data included unique email addresses, genders, dates of birth, marital statuses, phone numbers, and passwords that were stored using bcrypt hashes.
Compromised data: Email addresses, Passwords (Plain-text)
Compromised data: Email addresses, Passwords (Plain-text)